The Best Lee Ki-young Movies, Ranked
21 credits from 1991 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018) comes out on top with a score of 78. The biggest box office hit is The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018) with $24.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Lee Ki-young Box Office Hits
Lee Ki-young's films have made $41.7M worldwide in total. The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018) is the biggest hit at $24.3M, ahead of A Bittersweet Life (2005) ($10.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
The Best Lee Ki-young Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Lee Ki-young has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 7 films, and A Bittersweet Life (2005) is the pick of them.
The Best Lee Ki-young Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Lee Ki-young's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Lee Ki-young Movies
The most recent films Lee Ki-young is credited on, newest first — starting with The Tyrant (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Tyrant 2024 · 1st vice-chief -
The Childe 2023 · Mr. Kim -
Payback: Money and Power 2023 · Oh Chang Hyun -
Big Mouth 2022 · Go Gikwang -
Bank of Seoul 2019 · Director Park -
Vagabond 2019 · Kang Joo-chul -
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion 2018 · Senior Lee -
While You Were Sleeping 2017 · Park Dae-young -
The King in Love 2017 · Eun Young-Baek -
The Spring Day of My Life 2014 · Song Byung-gil -
You Are All Surrounded 2014 · Shin Ji-il -
Beautiful Sunday 2007 · Lee Ki-chul
The Best Lee Ki-young Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Lee Ki-young films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Lee Ki-young movie?
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018) is the best-rated Lee Ki-young film, with a Movie Echo Score of 78, ahead of The Childe (2023) (78). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Lee Ki-young movie?
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018) made the most at the box office, with $24.3M worldwide, followed by A Bittersweet Life (2005) with $10.1M. Together, Lee Ki-young's films with box office figures have made $41.7M.
What is the best Lee Ki-young drama movie?
A Bittersweet Life (2005) is the best-rated of Lee Ki-young's drama films. In other genres: The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (action), Beautiful Sunday (thriller) and Marrying the Mafia (comedy).
What is the newest Lee Ki-young movie?
The newest film on Lee Ki-young's filmography is The Tyrant (2024), with Lee Ki-young as 1st vice-chief.
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